1 (of sth bad) existing or spreading everywhere in a way that cannot be controlled:
rampant corruption / inflation * Unemployment is now rampant in most of Europe.
2 (of plants) growing thickly and very fast in a way that cannot be controlled:
rampant vegetation / weeds
rampantly adverb
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